Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ira Loss

I suspect that this is a relatively isolated event. I don't think there's a crime wave under way in biology research. These actions usually come about because someone is under tremendous pressure to perform.

Kofi Annan

I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,

Richard Holbrooke

He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.

Richard House

We are going to move forward and try to get as many definitive answers and as much input as we possibly can. I think all of us are in agreement that we want to make this something where we have action plans and a decision at that time to go forward as opposed to having a study that recommends certain things. We are trying to be more all-encompassing and get the best bang for the buck.

Adam Goldberg

The only thing that could stop it now is action in Congress.

Bob Metz

Going into a situation like this, we are concerned about the safety of all of our kids. We need to make sure we take the proper action to make sure our kids are safe.

Mohandas Gandhi

God never appears to you in person but always in action.

Jet Li

He said, 'Here is the deal: Play the bad guy first, then I give you a good guy next,' ... I asked him what the movie was called, (and) he said 'Romeo Must Die.' (It) sounds like a romantic story, not an action movie.

Bob Costas

He's got to do something (because) his tenure is going to be largely defined by this punishment. Bold action here is not the same as rash action. If he's got the evidence and he's in the right, he should take bold action. Even if he's defeated in court, he will win in the court of public opinion -- if he takes bold action. ... You can be deliberate and you can still be bold. Once he has it, he should do what he feels is in the best interest of baseball and let the chips fall where they may.

John Street

I've been an elected official now for 24 years, and I value my integrity very highly, ... And this speculation about whether or not I'm a target of any federal investigation has caused some concern.

Ross Pillari

We regret that our mistakes have caused so much suffering.

Jamie Shea

We regret any loss of life that this may have caused because our policy remains to minimize collateral damage.

Richard Boucher

discussed the strains that are caused by the (incidents) that occur with regard to ... the presence of troops in any location, including Japan.

Ben Hatfield

We don't what went wrong and caused this explosion.

Damion McIntosh

There was a lot of chaos here last year. It wasn't too uniform. Things changed from week to week, which caused confusion. Now the system is always consistent.

Dena Erwin

There's no way to know what caused this.

Larry Scott

The tragedy to so many human lives caused by Hurricane Katrina has touched all of us.

Nate Leaman

What caused the penalties was that we were standing around watching.

Jane Rissler

Proponents of pharmaceutical crops have inflated the rewards and downplayed the risks.

Alexei Gordeyev

We estimate that about 30% of the winter crops are dead as of today.

Yoweri Museveni

I don't think we are destroying people's crops. We are destroying rebel crops and stores.

Hisashi Hieda

We will seek compensatory damages at any cost.

David Walker

responding to floods and other natural disasters by FEMA.

Valerie Plame

the greatest strategic disaster in United States history.

John Livingston

The food that we are sending out for the disaster response is food that we would normally distribute here to the food shelves and people of Minnesota, ... We're hoping that people in the state will step up and help us replenish those supplies.

Lixion Avila

This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are going to have a potentially catastrophic disaster there. This is the worst-case scenario for a hurricane.

Gene Poston

Nothing was the same -- just like any disaster.

Rob Stevenson

The need for this just doesn't go away because of a natural disaster.

Donnie Smith

It's probably the largest weather disaster we've had in years.

Jan Egeland

The number one priority is to get to those who have nothing. If we don't, we will become a disaster within a disaster.

Susan Aspey

It's important to note that is not Waiver City. No one has gotten a waiver yet, and these schools will have to show that they did not meet the state standards because of this disaster and these displaced students.

Dave Robinson

A worse drought than we have seen recently may loom in our future.

Rig Veda

As the counterpart of Zeus for the Greeks or Jupiter for the Romans, Indra is the god of the thunderstorm, who vanquishes drought and darkness.

Juwan Howard

We hit a big-time drought in the fourth quarter. We kept our poise. We got some stops and rebounded the shots. In the past we folded.

Richard Peterson

Next week looks kind of low, ... We're headed into the late summer, pre-Labor Day drought for deals.

George Herbert

Drought never brought dearth.

Jim Hayes

We've been through a snow drought up until March.

Ronaldo Ronaldo

I hope I don't suffer another drought as long as that one,

Maxwell Gaylard

It is the worst drought in a decade.

Stan Cliburn

With the talent we have here, that's a real, real good possibility that we're going to end that drought in '97 when the Red Wings won their last championship. I'm the man to do it and I think I can back it up.

Joni Gray

That should work well for most of our farmers and ranchers,

Dave Lewis

Hopefully we get way over what we have 150 percent would be great farmers wouldn't worry about the water no talk about shutting off irrigation we really need the water so hopefully it'll be a good year.

Justin Vernon

I'm just living in Eau Claire, not really leaving for much. I go to the farmers market, go to the studio, go home and play with my cats. I don't know if I've ever been this happy, which is really awesome.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Kiki Vandeweghe

He wants to be helping his team. Let's just leave it at that.

Doug Mitchell

He did everything he could to help this team succeed.

Richie Stevens

He just needs some time, and hopefully we can give him that time. If I am running strong and winning rounds, then I think that will help out.

Dontrelle Willis

I don't even know what WHIP means, ... They were so similar, I have no idea. Maybe because I had more losses than him. That's the only thing I can see off the top of my head.

Van Chancellor

This is one of the most disappointing losses I've ever been in.

Kyle Wilson

We've had losses this year where we've had to bounced back from, and we've done it each time.

Stanley Chou

Wall Street's losses overnight weighed on market sentiment.

Amy Bloom

I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her.

Hidenori Suezawa

The survey shows Japan's recovery is strengthening considerably.

Masaki Iso

Right now, the large-cap recovery is very strong, while small-caps are vulnerable.

Ned Riley

The rocky road to recovery has some potholes.

Robert Barbera

You're supposed to see recovery signs and they really are right on cue.

Augusten Burroughs

Everybody in recovery smokes. If you don't like smoking, don't even bother trying to get sober. Just stay drunk.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.

Anton Chekhov

It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.

Demi Lovato

One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery

David Healy

I would say that's the best-ever result we've had,

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Mr Bush

Ahmadi-Nejad is a result of all this appeasement,

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Pope Benedict XVI

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Greg Aiello

This is not a result of any specific threat.

Ben Hatfield

We are very discouraged by the results of this test.

Shigeru Omi

I think it is similar to tsunamis and earthquakes...we do not know when,

Chris Sisko

It's going to be a similar track to Dennis, potentially.

Madhur Bhandarkar

For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.

Steve Ron

We all have to wait. We're in a similar situation.

Michael Zenker

There's a geopolitical overlay that's going to look similar to oil.

Oliver Luck

My sense is that we're going to have a similar crowd.

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

George Best

It has been a long week but things have taken a turn for the best. I am very optimistic.

Richelle Mead

I’ve come to ask you where Seth is.” "Funny,” said Andrea. “We were going to ask you the same thing.” I was taken aback. “How would I know?” They both just stared. "I don’t!

Will Ferrell

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

Robert De Niro

You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

Tupac Shakur

Though are hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear.

Tracy Chevalier

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

Vivien Leigh

When I was at school at Paris, I had special lessons from Mademoiselle Antoine, an actress at the Comedie Francaise, and I was taken to every sort of play. I felt very grand.

Salman Rushdie

It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten violence in return, you've taken it to another level, where you lose whatever credibility you had.